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[ANN] DataVision 0.7.2 released

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Jim Menard

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Feb 27, 2003, 9:35:17 AM2/27/03
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DataVision is an Open Source reporting tool similar to Crystal Reports.
Reports can be designed using a drag-and-drop GUI. They may be run, viewed,
and printed from the application or exported as HTML, XML, PDF, LaTeX2e,
DocBook, or tab- or comma-delimited text files. The output files produced
by LaTeX2e and DocBook can in turn be used to produce PDF, text, HTML,
PostScript, and more.

DataVision is written in Java and runs almost anywhere. It can generate
reports from databases or text data files. Any database with an available
JDBC driver should work: Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Informix, hsqldb,
Microsoft Access, and more. Columns read from text files can be separated
by any character.

Report descriptions are stored as XML files. This means you can not only
use the DataVision GUI but you may also edit reports using your favorite
text editor.

Changes:

* No new features.

Bug fixes:

* Generate SQL when there are user columns but no database columns.

* Formulas are evaluated once and only once within each section, even if
the formula's field is hidden or the formula appears twice in the same
section.

* Dragging special fields into formulas and other code editors is now
allowed.

* The "Shrink to Fit" section popup menu command works again.

Jim
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Jim Menard, ji...@io.com, http://www.io.com/~jimm/
"Sanity is a one-trick pony: rationality is all you get. With insanity,
the sky's the limit!" -- The Tick

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